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Eclipses During 1997

by Fred Espenak

Published in Observer's Handbook 1997, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada

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                                      Table 2

                 Crater Immersion and Emersion Times for the 
                     Total Lunar Eclipse of 1997 March 24

                 UT of                           UT of
               Immersion    Crater Name        Emersion    Crater Name

                  3:03      Grimaldi             4:56      Plato
                  3:07      Billy                5:02      Aristoteles
                  3:15      Campanus             5:09      Aristarchus
                  3:20      Kepler               5:11      Eudoxus
                  3:21      Tycho                5:19      Grimaldi
                  3:26      Aristarchus          5:19      Timocharis
                  3:31      Copernicus           5:21      Pytheas
                  3:37      Pytheas              5:21      Kepler
                  3:46      Timocharis           5:28      Copernicus
                  3:50      Dionysius            5:29      Billy
                  3:52      Manilius             5:38      Manilius
                  3:57      Menelaus             5:40      Menelaus
                  3:59      Goclenius            5:44      Plinius
                  4:01      Plinius              5:44      Campanus
                  4:05      Langrenus            5:50      Dionysius
                  4:07      Taruntius            5:51      Proclus
                  4:13      Proclus              5:56      Tycho
                  4:13      Plato                5:59      Taruntius
                  4:18      Eudoxus              6:08      Goclenius
                  4:25      Aristoteles          6:12      Langrenus

Predictions include a 2% enlargement of the umbral shadow due to Earth's atmosphere.

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                                      Table 4

                 Crater Immersion and Emersion Times for the 
                  Total Lunar Eclipse of 1997 September 16

                 UT of                          UT of
               Immersion   Crater Name        Emersion    Crater Name

                17:12      Grimaldi            19:29      Grimaldi
                17:15      Aristarchus         19:30      Billy
                17:19      Kepler              19:33      Campanus
                17:20      Billy               19:33      Tycho
                17:25      Pytheas             19:41      Kepler
                17:27      Copernicus          19:43      Aristarchus
                17:28      Timocharis          19:49      Copernicus
                17:30      Plato               19:52      Pytheas
                17:34      Campanus            19:56      Timocharis
                17:38      Aristoteles         20:03      Manilius
                17:39      Eudoxus             20:03      Plato
                17:40      Manilius            20:03      Dionysius
                17:43      Menelaus            20:06      Menelaus
                17:47      Dionysius           20:08      Goclenius
                17:47      Plinius             20:09      Plinius
                17:47      Tycho               20:10      Eudoxus
                17:56      Proclus             20:11      Aristoteles
                17:59      Taruntius           20:13      Langrenus
                18:02      Goclenius           20:15      Taruntius
                18:07      Langrenus           20:18      Proclus

Predictions include a 2% enlargement of the umbral shadow due to Earth's atmosphere.

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WebMaster: Fred Espenak
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Last revised: 1997 Sep 1 - F. Espenak